美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-10-13_在线英语听力室

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This is AP News Minute. 1. President Obama traveled to Roseburg, Oregon Friday to meet with family members of survivors¹ of last week’s community college massacre². The visit was controversial, however, with protestors accusing the president of politicizing the tragedy. 2. One person is dead, three others have been wounded in a shooting at Northern Arizona University. Police say the incident began as a fight between two groups at a school, and say the suspect is an 18-year-old freshman⁴ there. 3. The House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy out of the running, pressure is growing on Congressman⁵ Paul Ryan to run for the job of House Speaker. So far however, Ryan says she is not interested in the job.

4. Search crews in Kentucky have found two young boys alive after they wandered away from their campground. Police say the boys, aged³ 5 and 7, were found about 1 mile from their campsite after going missing for some 20 hours.

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1 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 massacre
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
参考例句：
There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。 If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

3 aged
adj.年老的，陈年的
参考例句：
He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。 He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

4 freshman
n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)
参考例句：
Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。 He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

5 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-10-13